What if that pivotal moment was just the beginning?

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What Happened to You: Breaking the Cycle Sixty Years in the Making
May 27, 2026

What Happened to You: Breaking the Cycle Sixty Years in the Making

Kathleen McKune spent decades as a high-achieving entrepreneur before a single data point revealed her childhood was far from normal. Her story of trauma, resilience, and healing.

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What Survives: A Story About Loss, Resilience, and Inner Friendship
May 24, 2026

What Survives: A Story About Loss, Resilience, and Inner Friendship

Matin Miryeganeh lost her mother at 13, her family's support, and the permission to grieve. This episode is about what happens when you survive alone and slowly find your way back to yourself.

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Grief and Fatherhood: The Song That Changed Everything
May 20, 2026

Grief and Fatherhood: The Song That Changed Everything

Matt Fogelson lost his father before they ever really knew each other, and when he became a dad himself, a single unplanned song in the middle of the night started him on a years-long journey back to himself.

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Honesty Over Comfort: The Confession That Changed Everything
May 17, 2026

Honesty Over Comfort: The Confession That Changed Everything

Nick Gomez spent years repeating the same patterns in relationships until one honest conversation, the kind that cost him everything, finally started to change him.

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Grief, Ancestors & Cuba: Finding Your Mother Again
May 13, 2026

Grief, Ancestors & Cuba: Finding Your Mother Again

When Rebe Huntman finally stopped moving forward and took a pilgrimage to Cuba, she discovered that her mother had been waiting there all along.

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Living With MS: Finding Strength From the Inside Out
May 10, 2026

Living With MS: Finding Strength From the Inside Out

Shruti shares her journey living with multiple sclerosis, from early symptoms and a wheelchair to writing her memoir and choosing resilience every day.

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Part of Me Died That Day: Learning to Live After the Worst Day of Your Life
May 6, 2026

Part of Me Died That Day: Learning to Live After the Worst Day of You…

Stephen Panus lost his 16-year-old son Jake in a sudden accident. This conversation explores grief, forgiveness, guilt, and what it means to keep walking when part of you didn’t survive.

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Coma at 14: Learning to Walk, Talk, and Trust Yourself Again
April 28, 2026

Coma at 14: Learning to Walk, Talk, and Trust Yourself Again

At fourteen, Nick Prefontaine survived a coma that doctors said would end his independence, and spent the next two decades quietly building a life, a business, and a calling around the very voice that told him he'd run out of that hospital.

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Control: What the NICU Took and What It Gave Back
April 21, 2026

Control: What the NICU Took and What It Gave Back

Evan Boyer learned that the life he was supposed to be building couldn't hold him until a Christmas morning NICU stay and a career gut-check arrived at the same time and showed him what it actually meant to let go.

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Addiction and Recovery: When the Hero Asks for Help
April 14, 2026

Addiction and Recovery: When the Hero Asks for Help

A Navy SEAL veteran shares how a nine-year addiction brought him to his knees, and how rock bottom became the foundation of his life's real mission.

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Identity: What a Stroke Couldn't Take
April 7, 2026

Identity: What a Stroke Couldn't Take

A stroke took Deb Meyerson's voice, her mobility, and eventually her Stanford career, and this is the story of how she and her husband Steve found a way to build something meaningful from what remained.

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Family Secrets: When the Truth You Always Sensed Finally Has a Name
March 31, 2026

Family Secrets: When the Truth You Always Sensed Finally Has a Name

Wendy B. Correa discovered at 62 that her father wasn't her biological dad. Her story of childhood loss, family secrets, and healing is for anyone carrying something they were never allowed to say out loud.

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Mental Health: Learning to Live on the Other Side of Breaking
March 24, 2026

Mental Health: Learning to Live on the Other Side of Breaking

Chris Magleby's story is about what happens when the control you've spent your whole life building finally cracks, and what you find when you stop trying to think your way out.

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Domestic Violence: Breaking the Silence Men Are Taught Not to Break
March 17, 2026

Domestic Violence: Breaking the Silence Men Are Taught Not to Break

Eugene Z. Bertrand survived domestic violence and a near-death experience. On The Life Shift Podcast, he shares how radical acceptance and vulnerability helped him reclaim his power.

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Existing vs. Living: A Mother's Journey Back to the World
March 10, 2026

Existing vs. Living: A Mother's Journey Back to the World

After losing her son at 23, adventurer and author Dianette Wells had to find her way back to a world that had lost its sparkle, and she did it one step, one trail, and one yes at a time.

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Unsaid: The Stories That Disappear Before We Think to Ask
March 3, 2026

Unsaid: The Stories That Disappear Before We Think to Ask

A conversation about the life shift that happens when you lose the chance to capture someone’s story, and the quiet urgency that follows.

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Grief: Learning to Stay Open When Everything Hurts
Feb. 24, 2026

Grief: Learning to Stay Open When Everything Hurts

A tender conversation about loving fully, grieving honestly, and staying open to life even after profound loss.

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The Small Moments That Quietly Change Your Life | Bonus
Feb. 22, 2026

The Small Moments That Quietly Change Your Life | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that stay with me after more than two hundred conversations on The Life Shift. Today I am talking about the small moments that end up changing e...

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Grief: Making Something Beautiful From What Broke
Feb. 17, 2026

Grief: Making Something Beautiful From What Broke

A quiet conversation about learning to stay open and find meaning when life moves you through loss and change.

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What It Really Feels Like to Start Over | Bonus
Feb. 15, 2026

What It Really Feels Like to Start Over | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that stay with me after the conversations on The Life Shift. Today, I am talking about starting over and the quiet moments when someone realizes...

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Grief: Learning to Carry Joy and Loss Together
Feb. 10, 2026

Grief: Learning to Carry Joy and Loss Together

A conversation about love, loss, and the quiet courage it takes to stay open when life refuses to follow the plan.

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The Moment You Finally Say the Truth Out Loud | Bonus
Feb. 8, 2026

The Moment You Finally Say the Truth Out Loud | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that stay with me after the conversations on The Life Shift. Today I am talking about the moment you finally say the thing you have been holding...

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Burnout: Crying in a Dark Theater
Feb. 3, 2026

Burnout: Crying in a Dark Theater

A conversation about burnout, belonging, and the moment a body tells the truth when a life no longer fits.

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How We Slowly Rebuild After Loss | Bonus
Feb. 1, 2026

How We Slowly Rebuild After Loss | Bonus

This episode is part of The Things We Carry , a solo series shaped by the themes that stay with me after the conversations on The Life Shift. Today I am talking about the quiet ways people rebuild after loss. Not the dramatic...

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